MS Outlook 2003 - running Win XP. In syncing my desktop to a H/PC, I
accidentally deleted several contacts from the contacts database on my
desktop. Good news is that I have a complete backup of everything on my
desktop and should be able to restore.

My problem is that I do not know what files I need to restore. What files
contain the information for my contacts? If I can determine this, I should
be able to pretty easily restore from recent backup info for entire desktop.

Thanks,
Steve

The file you need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where all the
mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...771141033.aspx


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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Smart45" wrote in message
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MS Outlook 2003 - running Win XP. In syncing my desktop to a H/PC, I
accidentally deleted several contacts from the contacts database on my
desktop. Good news is that I have a complete backup of everything on my
desktop and should be able to restore.

My problem is that I do not know what files I need to restore. What files
contain the information for my contacts? If I can determine this, I
should
be able to pretty easily restore from recent backup info for entire
desktop.

Thanks,
Steve